DARKNETS: Secret Intranets? For File Sharing Fanatics: Any Video or Audio traders out there? Any worried about getting screwed just for friendly sharing? Want another option to do what you enjoy, and do it in secrecy? Then read on Macduff. There is an option called a darknet. An... intranet created by friends called darknets. Unlike such public networks like kazaa or Morpheus, which let you share songs with anyone, private networks operate more like underground nightclubs or secret societies. To gain access you need to know the name of the group and a password. And the only way to get that information is from another member who invites you in. Some darknets even encrypt files and mask your identity within a group to keep eavesdroppers from finding out who you are and what you are sharing.  Carving out a bit of privacy online has wide appeal; students community groups and yes, even fucked up political dissidents can use these hidden networks to share projects, information, and papers. The biggest part of the allure is anonymity and the other is exclusivity.  Darknets offer the convenience of the Web without a lot of the bad stuff. You do need special software to start a darknet of your own. Here's the good part... the software. The two most popular are Direct Connect by NeoModus (try neo-modus.com) and an open source variation called DC++, available for download at sourceforge.net. Are people interested in this? Oh Yeah! Over 800,000 copies of DC++ have been downloaded since mid-July.  A third program called Waste (also at sourceforge.net) automatically encrypts files but is much harder to use. Generally these small communities are faster than Kazaa bacause private networks are smaller and generally all its members use high-speed connections. Not if, but when the music industry and Movie studios come down on the darknets they will find itself chasing users that are much harder to catch.  (From a story in Time Magazine) 

TV SERIES RENEWALS:

2006/2007 Renewed Shows:

The 4400 (usa)
MONK  (usa)
Stargate Atlantis (scifi) 
The Dead Zone (usa)
Psych  (usa) 
Ghost Hunters (scifi) 
Smallville (cw)  - Most Likely 
Ghost Whisperer (cbs) - Most Likely
Lost (abc) 
C.S.I. (cbs)
C.S.I. Miami  (cbs)
C.S.I. New York (cbs) 
Heroes (nbc - full Second Season) 
Battlestar Galactica (sfc - 13 episodes) 

** LIKELY ** 

Smallville (cw - rating 1.0)
Jericho (cbs - rating 6.1)
LOST (abc)

** BUBBLE SHOWS ** 

Supernatural (cw - rating .8)
Ghost Whisperer (rating 6.5 - Ratings are down)
Medium (rating 4.8 ratings are stagnant) 

2005/2006 Renewed Shows:

The Dead Zone  (usa Network) 
Monk  (usa network) 
The 4400  (usa network) 
Stargate SG-1  (scifi) 
Stargate: Atlantis  (scifi) 
Battlestar Galactica (scifi) (October 31st,2005)
Deadwood (hbo) 
Ghost Hunters (scifi) 
ROME (hbo) (still having financial problems and may not happen)
CSI 
CSI: Miami 
CSI: New York 
Ghost Whisperer (cbs) 
LOST  (abc) 
Medium (nbc)
Smallville (cw)
Supernatural (cw) 

   2004/2005 Renewed Shows:

The Dead Zone  (usa Network) 
Monk  (usa network) 
The 4400  (usa network) 
Stargate SG-1  (scifi) 
Atlantis  (scifi) 
Battlestar Galactica  (scifi) 
LOST (abc) 
Simpsons 
C.S.I. 
CSI: Maimi
CSI: New York 
Alias (abc) 
Medium (nbc) 
Smallville (wb) 
Charmed  (wb)

    2003/2004 Renewed Shows:

The Dead Zone  (usa network)
Monk  (usa network) 
Charmed  (wb)
Joan of Arcadia  (cbs) 
Carnivale  (hbo)
Smallville  (wb) 
Deadwood  (hbo, western) 
Enterprise  (upn) 
She Spies  (syn, abc, still could not return) 
Dead Like Me (Showtime) 
Tru Calling  (Fox) 
Andromeda  (syn/sfc) 

Charmed (wb)
Andromeda (synd) 
Mutant X (synd)
J.A.G. (nbc) 
The Dead Zone (usa network 22 episodes airs 1/03)
Jeremiah (Showtime, renewed for 15 episode 2nd season) 
Stargate SG-1 (scifi) 
Alias (abc) 
24 (fox) 
Simpsons (2 yr - fox)
King of the Hill (fox) 
Enterprise (upn) 
She Spies (syn) 
Smallville (wb) 
Angel (wb) 
Spacehunter (syn) new cast

    2001/2002 Renewed Shows:

Farscape  (SFC - 2 year renewal)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (UPN got two year commitment from network)
Charmed (wb gave two year commitment to series)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (wb)
Andromeda (Renewed for additional 44 episodes.)
Mutant X (synd. 22 eps) 
Enterprise (upn) 
Smallville (22 eps - wb)
Stargate SG-1 (6th season on SFC) 
Alias (22 eps - ABC)
the Lost World (season 4, 22 eps -synd) 
Stargate SG-1 season 6 on SFC 
Angel (wb) 3rd season. 
King of the Hill
Simpsons 

    2000/2001 Renewed Shows:

Andromeda (had 44 episode commitment) 
Earth: Final Conflict ( season 5, with BIG changes )
Stargate SG-1 
J.A.G. (2 year deal)
C.S.I.
The Outer Limits (picked up by SFC for 2k1) 
the Pretender (picked up by TNT for two TV Movies) 
The Invisible Man (second season of 22 episodes) 
The Immortal (had two year commitment)
The Beastmaster ( 22 episode third season )
King of the Hill ( another 22 episodes )
Futurama ( 18 episode season )
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (UPN)
Roswell ( now on UPN )
Dark Angel  ( 22 episode second season )
Angel  ( 22 episode third season )
Simpsons ( 2 year renewal )
V.I.P.  (season 4)
Witchblade ( season 2 ) 
Sheena (season 2) 
the Lost World (renewed very Late)

CANCELLED SERIES:

 2006/2007 Canceled Shows:

2005/2006 Canceled Shows:

 2004/2005 Canceled Shows:

  2003/2004 Canceled Shows:

Tremors  (sfc) 
Peacemakers (usa western) 
Tarzan  (wb)
Jake 2.0  (upn) 
Angel  (wb) 
Threat Matrix  (abc) 
Space Hunter  (syn) 
Century City  (cbs, after 4 eps) 
Wonderfalls  (fox, after 4 eps) 
Mutant X  (syn,  Fireworks) company bought out.
Touching Evil  (usa)

 2002/2003 Canceled Shows:

Witchblade (TNT, despite quality ratings) 
Farscape (SFC, despite contract for a fifth season & good ratings.)
Pretender (TNT, decided not to continue the telefilms) 
That Was Then (abc canceled after just two or three episodes) 
Haunted (UPN, after two or three episodes. 8 episodes aired) 
Birds of Prey (WB, only 9 of 13 episodes were lensed) 
Firefly (Fox, 15 episodes in series) 
Futurama (Fox) 
Dinotopia (ABC) 
Odyssey 5 (SHO their best rated series) 
The Lost World (negotiations problem. Was renewed) 
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (UPN)
Veritas: the Quest (ABC) 
Miracles (ABC) 
Adventure Inc. (Syn) 
The Black Sash (WB) 
John Doe (Fox) 
Fastlane (Fox) 
the Twilight Zone (UPN)

  2001/2002 Canceled Shows:  

Earth: Final Conflict  (syn ends run after 5 seasons)
Invisible Man (SFC ends after just two years, even with good ratings.)
Wolf Lake (CBS, re-ran on UPN too) 
L.E.X.X.  (SFC)
Special Unit 2 (UPN 13 eps) 
the Tick (Fox)
X-Files (fox - after nine years) 
Relic Hunter (syn) 
the Beastmaster (syn) 
Roswell (UPN after two seasons) 
Outer Limits (SFC) 
The Chronicle (SFC) 
Sheena (synd) 
the Immortal (syn - first season bad, sold 2nd season never happened)
Glory Days (WB) four episodes still unaired.
Dead Last (wB) four episodes unaired in the US. They did air in Canada)
Dark Angel (Fox) after two seasons with declining ratings.
Tracker (Syn from Lion's Gate)

 2000/2001 Canceled Shows: 

Star Trek Voyager ( end of 7 yr run ) 
Xena ( ends 6 yr. run in synd. ) 
Freedom ( UPN ) 
Level 9 ( UPN )
Freakylinks ( FOX )
Cleopatra 2525 (USA NET ) 
Jack of all Trades ( USA NET after two seasons of 22 eps. ) 
Gary & Mike ( UPN ) 
Walker: Texas Ranger ( end 8 yr run on CBS) 
the Lone Gunmen ( Fox after 13 eps. ) 
Seven Days (UPN after 3 years) 
All Souls (UPN after 3 episodes) 
Queen of Swords (syndicated 1 season) 
First Wave (SFC after 3 seasons ) 
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (synd & SFC one season) 
Black Scorpion (synd & the SFC) 
The Fugitive 
The Oblongs (thank goodness for that UPN)

 1999/2000 Canceled Shows:

Harsh Realm (FOX after 3 ( 9 total eps) ) 
Batman Beyond, 
Dilbert (UPN), 
the Strip (UPN 8 episodes), 
Snoops (killed because of a game show. had good ratings)  
God, the Devil and Bob (NBC), 
Secret Agent Man (4.5.00 after 5 eps. 12 were done UPN), 
Profiler (cbs)
the Pretender (NBC) & moved to TNT as New TV Movies
PSI Factor, (synd)
Poltergeist: the Legacy 
Good vs Evil (scifi ch./usa network) 
Wonderland 
Peter Benchley's Amazon (22) 
Now and Again (22eps CBS) 
Early Edition (CBS)  
The Others (NBC) 
Blockbuster Videos Shockwave Cinema (UPN)

   1998/1999 Cancelled Shows:

the Crow: Stairway to Heaven (despite good ratings)
Highlander the Raven 
Viper  (after 3 years in syndication)
Nightman (after 2 seasons)
Mortal Combat (after one season)
Brimstone 
Strange World (after 3 eps. another 10 aired on sci-fi channel) 
the Sentinel (UPN) 
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 scifi 
Deepspace Nine (ended its 7 year run) 
Crusade (cancelled before airing its 13 eps) 
The Net   (USA Network)
Hercules, the Legendary Journeys
Millennium (fox)

New Show Rumors. 
Projects that have been bought, are being developed or discussed at the studios for the future. Does not guarantee any of them will go into production. 

* STAR WARS: ???: Will move forward full speed following the release the Sith film. Kevin Smith will writer and supervise the series. ILM may do the special effects and Mark Hamill returns as... Luke Skywalker. The series hasn't been sold to a network as of yet. I am hoping for pay cable. 

* Action Heroes Inc.: ABC put Action Heroes Inc. into development back in May 2004. The project could become a movie of the week franchise if successful. The plot follows a trio of ex-tv heroes who join together to open a detective agency and solve cases by playing the roles that made them famous. Set to star are Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar Man), William Shatner (Star Trek, TJ Hooker), and Robert Wagner (Hart to Hart). This should be ready for the 2004/2005 season. 
* Astronauts: ABC: The ABC pilot telefilm coming in at about $3.5M will be directed by Robert Harmon and star Jeffrey Pierce, Yvette Nipar, Chris Potter, Bobby Hosea, and Jonathan Banks. The series, if it happens, follows the Russians and Americans as they decide to play fair and work together with their space programs. This sounds like 'the Fugitive' series. Expensive pilot and a series that bombs.
* Brothers Grimm: ABC: ABC has ordered a pilot for "The Brother's Grimm" which will "focus on two modern-day siblings who discover they're descendants of the original  Grimm brothers and find themselves enmeshed in fantastic or fairy tale-related mysteries and situations" 
* E.I.S.: ABC: A new series for ABC about the foot soldiers of the Center for Disease Control. The new CSI style clone will star Adam Goldberg (as a infectious disease specialist), D.B. Woodside, and Billy Burke. (hollywood reporter) This almost sounds like a remake of UPN's short lived series 'the Burning Zone'.  Series looks dead.
* Fathom: ABC: Mysterious creatures inhabit the depths of the ocean from writer/directors Josh and Jonas Pate. Scheduled for 2005. Did not make the 2005/2006 pilot schedule. 
* Paranormal Girl: ABC:from Touchstone, about a teen-age girl who discovers she has weird powers and is recruited by the FBI to help solve crimes. 
* Speed: ABC: ABC has ordered a pilot script from producer Mark Gordon based on the 1994 feature, "SPEED". The series will take place five years before Speed and deal with the relationship between the characters played by Keanu Reeves and Jeff Daniels. Graham Yost wrote the script for the first film and will now executive produce along with Gordon.

* Arthur: NBC: What's it about: a look at the famed king's early years (with wasilewski as lancelot and morris as arthur) before his fateful encounter with the sword in the stone who's in it: paul wasilewski ("wolf lake"), julian morris, james hoare, stephen billington, tony mandsley, laura rees, david birkin, adrian lukis, desmond barrit, patrick gordon, mark tandy, clive swift who's making it: graham yost ("the last castle," "band of brothers"), remi aubuchon ("jack & jill")
* Carrie: NBC: A pilot commitment has been given for a fall 2002 consideration. The series would center on a teen-age girl with special powers.
* Earth Angels: NBC: Word has it that the NBC-TV network has given the go ahead on an unnamed pilot created by author Anne Rice. According to NY Daily News columnist Mitchell Fink, the project will star Timothy Hutton and will be a good against evil story about angels at war on Earth. The pilot was done. The pilot may air during the summer 2002 lull (summer)  (This one was in contention until the end, but did not get picked up.) 
* Journeyman: NBC: Kevin McKidd (HBO's Rome) has joined the cast of NBC's Journeyman, the 20th Century Fox TV SF drama pilot about a man who travels back in time to fix events, including those in his own life. McKidd will next be seen in Hannibal Rising.
* Lost In Space: NBC: NBC appears be developing a 'Lost In Space' mini-series. It may include several members of the original series passing off the torch to a whole new family 'Lost In Space'. NBC has commisioned a two-hour script. If successful could always lead to a new series. (NBC has pulled the plug on this one, due to production costs) 
* Raines: NBC: Actor Jeff Goldblum's new NBC series has him playing an eccentric cop who talks to dead people to solve crimes. Raines is part of NBC's 2006 line-up. Success rating for the series - "C". It's been done twice already.
* Spy Girl: NBC: Designed to star 'LeFemme Nakita's Peta Wilson'. A romantic mystery drama pilot about a twentysomething Ivy League grad who joins a private investigation agency. Once there, a romance develops between her and another P.I. Originally hope for in 2k1, but not likely now. DEAD
* Time Tunnel: NBC: This project is in development even though FoX is doing one based on the series. NBC's will be based on the Novel 'Time Tunnel'. This project has been put on hold by the network. DEAD 
* V: The Second Generation: NBC: Kenneth Johnson has reported that NBC is developing the V: mini-series franchise into a third go around. Likely due to the recent success of TAKEN on the Sci-Fi Channel, Johnson reports that things have really turned things up and things are in development.  NBC and Warner are talking with Johnson about a 3 to 4 hour sequel. Johnson will release more information when the film has producer and an official air date.  Johnson hopes that some stars from the original will resume their roles for the mini-series. (note: NBC and the other networks have passed on the project citing a not so good script for the time.) NBC continues to hope for a better script from K. Johnson. 




* The Boston Strangler: CBS: Telefilm based on new documents uncovered by journalist Lawrence Schiller about the notorious figure that include witness reports accusing another person. 
* The Culpepper Cattle Company: CBS: Western: Stars Emmy Award-winner Tom Selleck ("Magnum, P.I.") as a cattle drive boss who mysteriously comes out of retirement to look for work. Cap Mabrey (Selleck) was once the best cattle drive boss in the West, but he stopped working for hire after he had raised enough money to buy his own cattle concern. When he returns to Little Aberdeen, Texas, looking for a job, it takes the townspeople by surprise. Known and respected for his cattle sense and for being a man of principle, Cap lands a job but is forced to take on a rough, untrained boy as one of his cowhands when help is scarce. The drive itself is hard work, but even a man of Cap?s skill and principles is challenged by the new wave of settlers who are mostly fortune seekers in pursuit of land and prestige that threaten the cowboy way of life. Adding to his personal struggle, Cap battles a growing attachment to the boy who threatens to break open the secret behind Cap?s return. 
* E.S.P.ers: CBS: Ex-Trek producer Ira Behr and Seinfeld's Jason Alexander are developing a new Sci-Fi series for CBS titled 'E.S.P.ers', for CBS. 20th Century Fox will produce the proposed series, and have a script commitment from the network. Yes, it is another paranormal series. This one about a paranormal detective. 
* Jekyll & Hyde: CBS: Shaun Cassidy and Sam Raimi, who teamed up for the series "American Pie" are teaming again for CBS to create an latter-day Jekyll/Hyde series. The new series will revolve around a forensic psychiatrist. Cassidey will write the pilot and executive produce along with Raimi and David Eick. Raimi will NOT be directing. 
* Jericho: CBS: Jericho," from CBS Paramount Network Television, revolves around a small town in Kansas that's dealing with life after a series of nuclear attacks destroys most of America's big cities. The show's ensemble cast includes Alicia Coppola ("N.C.I.S."), Ashley Scott ("Birds of Prey"), Erik Knudsen ("Saw II"), Gerald McRaney ("Deadwood"), Kenneth Mitchell ("Miracle"), Lennie James ("Sahara"), Michael Gaston ("Prison Break"), Pamela Reed ("Pepper Dennis"), Skeet Ulrich ("Into the West") and Sprague Grayden ("Over There"). Stephen Chbosky created the hour, which also comes from executive producer/director Jon Turteltaub.

* The Afterlife (FOX) - FOX has ordered a pilot presentation of the project, a digitally animated comedy about a family that dies from a freak photography accident and winds up in purgatory, which looks a lot like suburban Los Angeles. Barry Bostwick ("Spin City"), Kerri Kenney ("The Ellen Show"), Alexandra Holden ("Ally McBeal") and Danny Strong ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") will voice the father, mother and children respectively. Threshold Entertainment's Larry Kasanoff ("Foodfight") will executive produce the project for his Threshold Digital Research Labs. Joshua Wexler co-created the series with writers David Schneiderman and Derek Guiley.
* Battlestar Galactica: Fox & SFC: Bryan Singer will direct the pilot movie and serve as co-executive producer with Tom DeSanto. The pilot and series will air on FOX and the Sci-Fi Channel splitting the window. Some of the 70's characters will be involved in the new series mixed with young talent. Fox has already ordered the two-hour pilot movie. It was hoped that UPN would step up and grab the series. (Series on HOLD by Fox after Singer backed out due to scheduling conflicts with X-Men 2. Likely will never happen now) Bet they wish they had done it now, after the success of the show on the Sci-Fi Channel. 
* Darkside: Fox: Variety described the premise of DARKSIDE as being similar in concept to ABC's hit LOST. The story concerns a team of astronauts that discover a mysterious SOS signal eminating from the dark side of the moon. After travelling to the night side of Earth's satellite there they discover a structure of unknown origin.
* Flying Hospital: a drama that explores the operations of an independent first-response medical team that goes into hostile territories around the globe. Skein will explore not only medical crises but the political consequences of the team's operations. From Ridley and Tony Scott.
* Hunted: Fox: A pilot script commitment has been given for Hunted. series revolves around a family of four teen and twenty-something siblings, all with special abilities, whose parents died under mysterious circumstances
* MARS: Fox: James Cameron mini-series not to happen now. Another project Cameron appears to have backed out on. Already backed out on Spiderman, Planet of the Apes, and the New Terminator movies. Says he is working on the 'True Lies 2' script.
* Night Terrors: FOX: Approved series produced by Bill Brown and Dan Angel. An anthology series where each episode will feature two separate horror stories. Scheduled for the autumn. 
* Point Pleasant: Fox: Series follows a girl with supernatural powers. Production set to begin the week of November 8th. Could be one of the Untitled projects listed below.
* Sole Survivor: FOX:  A four hour mini-series based on Dean Koontz' novel. Stars Isabella Hoffman, Anthony Michael Hall, and Billy Zane.
* Star Patrol: FOX:  Fox has ordered a pilot movie for a possible series.  A Sci-Fi parity to star Charles Rocket the former Saturday Night Live player. He portrays Captain Omega of the Space Rangers. Fox rescinded order for pilot in 2k1.
* Still Life: Fox: Another supernatural series which stars Firefly's Morena Baccarin. A light-hearted series in the same vein as HBO's Six Feet Under.  Expected to debut on Fox as a mid-season replacement. 
* T.I.M.E.: a science-fact mystery adventure described as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" meets "The X-Files" meets "Sea Hunt." Skein will follow a group of treasure hunters turned archaeologists who discover that humankind's past is not as science has presented it. From Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.
* Time Tunnel: Fox: a pilot telefilm and possible series based on the series created by Irwin Allen. A 13 episode commitment has been given by Fox. Fox's deal for the pilot has a seven figure penalty likely due if the pilot does not develop into a series. (FOX HAS SHELVED THE SERIES, FOR NOW ANYWAYS) 
* T.R.A.X.: FOX:  This is to be a half-hour series with the pilot directed by Renny Harlin.
* The Unbelievables: FOX: Retired superheroes sitcom.   With Tim Curry and Corbin Bernsen. Still in development. Not likely at all. 
* Untitled 1: From 20th Century Fox Television and Original Television and executive producer/writer Jon Feldman and executive producer/director Rob Cohen, concerns a recent college graduate who discovers that she's able to save lives by changing the course of events, the trade paper reported. Cohen will direct the pilot. 
* Untitled 2: From 20th and Regency Television and executive producer/director Todd Holland and executive producer/writer Bryan Fuller, is an untitled drama about a twentysomething woman who helps people using her power to communicate with animals, the trade paper reported. Holland will direct the pilot
* Witchcraft Hall: A new spin-off comedy series from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The series, currently in production, will follow the life of Sabrina's 'Bad to the Bone' cousin who appeared on the show a few times. Was to be a 2001 series, but did not happen. Pilot has been filmed.
* Xeronine: FOX: Fox TV Studios has tapped Los Angeles-based Gear-CGI to develop and produce a new action/adventure TV series entitled XERONINE. The series follows the mishaps and adventures of a simple-minded robot, a mad half-cockroach-half human scientist and the president of the United Earth. Providing voices for the series will be Gary Coleman (DIFF'RENT STROKES) as Xeronine, Clancy Brown (STARSHIP TROOPERS, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) as Dr. Canard and Pam Grier (JACKIE BROWN) as the president of the United Earth. The series was created by Dave Kim and Don Kim and is described as an "Americanime, futuristic sci-fi satire." 

ABC FAMILY CHANNEL

* The Sight: FXFC: Been Greenlighted from their successful TV Movie, 'The Sight' which aired in Oct, 2000. A man must help the dead solve their murders before they can cross over. Appears dead, with ABC taking over the network. ( LOOKS DEAD )

* Lord of Illusions: Clive Barker and his Seraphim Films company are developing the project for Showtime & MGM. They have just turned in pilot script for consideration. Scott Bakula, of course, is not available for the lead role. 

* DEAD RINGERS: HBO and David Cronenberg are teaming up up to create a new series based on the Cronenberg feature film of the same name. 

* Network Changes: The network has loads of new mini-series and telefilms scheduled in 2004/2005. Some of the projects are actually backdoor pilots. Read on!

* 3.52: SFC: Telefilm: From distinguished television writer/producer John Tinker ('St. Elsewhere,' 'L.A. Law,' 'Judging Amy,' 'The Practice'), comes a chilling human scenario. What if 2 billion people suddenly vanished off the face of the Earth? And nobody knew why? The ripple effect would be global and personal; religion and politics would change forever; families would mourn lost loved ones while scientists and conspiracy theorists would search for answers. 3:52 (the time of the disappearance) will examine the 'What If' of this event as told from the point-of-view of a small Maryland town.
* A Tale of Two Cities: SFC: Mini-Series based on the novel. 
* Alien Apocalypse: SFC: Telefilm: Starring Bruce Campbell. A team of deep space explorers returns to Earth after decades of travel, only to find that Earth has been conquered and all of mankind have been enslaved. The cruel Bounty Hunters force them to harvest Earth's most precious resource-wood-for the aliens to feed on. As the astronauts piece together what happened, they try to rally the spirits of their fellow men, and mount a resistance to the alien invaders. Production begins in Spring '04 with Franklin Waterman.
* Alien Blood: SFC: Telefilm:  An alien army invades Earth, demanding the sacrifice of 1 million humans, and a small band of human prisoners rebels. Produced by UFO Films. 
* "Avery House: SFC: Telefilm: a two-hour drama pilot about a family who moves into a large Victorian estate in a sleepy New England town and soon realizes that their seemingly perfect new home has some perplexing and magical powers. Dava Savel is writing the pilot, an NBC Universal Television production - Set for 2007/2008
* Blackwater: SFC: Mini-Series: 4hrs: Based on Michael McDowell's (Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas) popular Blackwater novels, this 4-hour miniseries is a Southern gothic tale of the terrifying rise to power of a Water Witch. Secretly marrying into a wealthy and influential Southern family, she uses her powers to destroy her family's enemies. The multi-generational supernatural thriller will be produced by Mandalay Entertainment (Sleepy Hollow) and The Orphanage, in association with Sony Pictures Television.
* Beer Money: Sci-Fi:Telefilm: Airhead producers Rich Wilkes and Amy Brown are producing this one. The show centers around three slackers who discover an extraterrestrial. This one is dead. 
* Caprica: SFC: Series: The Sci Fi Channel will delve into the backstory of "Battlestar Galactica" with a new series that looks at the years leading up to humanity's devastation by the Cylons. "Caprica" will be set more than 50 years prior to the events of "Battlestar Galactica" and focus on the lives of two families -- the Adamas (ancestors of future Galactica commander William) and the Graystones. Humankind's Twelve Colonies are at peace and on the verge of a technological breakthrough: the first Cylon. As "Battlestar Galactica" is about a lot more than space battles, "Caprica" will be as much family drama as sci-fi tale. Remi Aubuchon ("The Lyon's Den," "24") is writing the pilot script; "Galactica" veterans Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will executive produce it. Set for 2007/2008 
* Caved In: SFC: Telefilm: An extreme adventure tour group descends into an abandoned mine. They prepare for rockslides, black outs, cave-ins -- whatever might threaten their journey. What they're not prepared for is the gravest danger of all -- a silent, swift killer long hidden in the cavernous earth. Some of the "tourists" are actually scheming treasure hunters, and as their real motives for entering the mineral rich mine become apparent, the group finds itself lost, divided, and facing a predator they could never have imagined. Production begins in Summer '04 with Cinetel. 
* Chariots of Fire: SFC: "Chariots of the Gods," Erich von Daniken's book purporting to offer evidence that aliens visited Earth several thousand years ago, is being turned into a six-hour miniseries by writer John Whelpley ("Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Andromeda"). The miniseries will center on a soldier whose souvenir from his tour of duty may hold evidence of alien interference with human life since ancient times. 2006/2007
* The Chronicles of Amber: SFC:Mini-Series:  Was put into development in April of 2002. mini-series derived from the 10-volume epic written by roger zelazny
* Clive Barker's The Evil One: SFC: Series:  Barker (Hellraiser) is the creative force behind this new thriller series, told from the perspective of an evil demon, in which the forces of good and evil do battle each week. Produced by Seraphim, Inc., Barker executive produces. USACE distributes. DEAD
* Coliseum: SFC: Telefilm: This one time syndicated series idea is moving to telefilm possibility at the SFC as one of there many ideas. Here is the series information as previously released. It is unknown how much of this information remains current:  The Dice Man, Andrew Dice Clay will be joining a new Time-Travel series titled 'Coliseum'. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Pearson Television (Now defunct after being bought out by a German Company) production has signed Outer Limits writer-producer Sam Egan to run the show, and Stargate SG-1's Mario Azzopardi to direct. It was scheduled for exhibition in January 2001 at the National Association of Television Programming Executives in Las Vegas.  (appears dead)
* Cyclops: SFC: legendary B-movie director Roger Corman will produce Cyclops for Sci Fi's Saturday movie franchise: "Cyclops," about the mythical beast wreaking havoc on ancient Rome. 2006/2007
* Dead Lawyers: SFC: Series:  Sony Television  produces this one-hour series, about hotshot defense attorney Jimmy Quinn, who is run over by a bus and finds himself in a law firm composed of unscrupulous lawyers who must return from the dead to redeem themselves by defending everyone they screwed when they were alive—pro bono! The Zanuck Company and Sony Television executive produce. Christopher Murphey and Andy Lieberman came up with the story, with a script by Murphey. The series will be distributed by USA Cable Entertainment, a unit of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, which also owns SCI FI and SCIFI.COM. Production is slated to begin December 3rd, 2003. Signed to star is Sean Patrick Flanery and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham. 
* Dead Rail: SFC:  Telefilm: A detective on board a bullet train on its inaugural run to Las Vegas must overcome his haunted past to destroy hostile aliens. Written by Brian Smith, founder of SCIFI.COM's Seeing Ear Theatre, and produced by Glow Worm. (could be dead) 
* The Diamond Age: SFC: Mini-Series: for Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Productions. The book, set in a neo-Victorian futuristic society involves an underprivileged young lady who gets her hands of a technologically advanced book intended only for the children of the upper classes. This will be a six-hour mini-series.
* The Divide: SFC: Series: This mystery series centers on a bogus radio psychic who discovers that his abilities are real when he is visited by the ghost of his twin sister. With the aid of a coroner, the team solves crimes. Lions Gate produces, with Stan Brooks executive producing from a script by Frank Military and Dean White. (could be dead) 
* Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat: SFC: Telefilm: A sequel to the telefilm "Dog Soldiers". In Fresh Meat, Pvt. Laurence Cooper, the sole survivor of the werewolf slaughter, is picked up by a team of American soldiers who are on maneuvers. Cooper's story of werewolves in the woods is met with skepticism until the soldiers return to the now-destroyed farmhouse and discover evidence that something strange indeed went on. They discover a soldier from Capt. Ryan's special ops team (who were mentioned in the first film, but never seen), who explains that his company was also slaughtered by werewolves and have "become the werewolves of the new movie," Allen said. The sequel to the werewolf-vs.-military thriller film Dog Soldiers, will begin filming in Hungary in April, Kismet Entertainment honcho and producer David Allen told SCI FI Wire. The sequel will have a 36-day shooting schedule, with a story that begins right after the fiery explosion that ended the first film,
* Dresden Files: SFC: Telefilm: Backdoor Pilot: Based on the best-selling "Dresden Files" novels by Jim Butcher, this 2-hour backdoor pilot film will be executive produced by Academy.  Award(R) winner Nicolas Cage and Norm Golightly of Saturn Films. Erik Dresden is a detective with extraordinary powers, the kind that could belong only to the descendant of a long line of wizards. Where others see the typical crimes of assault, kidnapping and serial killings, Erik sees otherworldly forces at work -- which only he knows how to combat. Whether consulting for the police on inexplicable crimes or following his own cases, Erik has a unique outlook on the world, and wields a wry sense of humor as one of his most potent weapons. The project is produced by Lions Gate Television and Cage's Saturn Films (The Life of David Gale, Shadow of the Vampire), with Morgan Gendel (Law & Order, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Next Generation) writing; Gendel and Anthony Peckham (Don't Say a Word, 5 Days to Midnight) are executive producers. THE NEW Original Series premieres in the summer of 2006. Nov 15, 2005 - Paul Blackethorne (from 24) has been hired to play the wizard detective. Premieres January 2007. 
* Earwigs: SFC: Telefilm: Stars Bruce Campbell.
* ENCRYPT: SFC: Telefilm:  an apocalyptic drama about the Earth turned unbearable by terrible storms. 
* Eureka: SFC: Telefilm/series: A newly hired sheriff reports for duty in the small, bucolic Pacific North-west town of Eureka and soon discovers that things are not what they seem. For years, the government has been relocating the world's geniuses (and their families) to Eureka, creating the ultimate think tank community. At times strange, amazing, and bizarre, the community's quirky inhabitants unleash scientific and technological creations still unknown by the outside world. Produced by USACE, Andy Cosby and Jamie Paglia will write.
* Firestarter: Rekindled: Sci-Fi: The mini-series did not perform so well, but the network is still working the mini-series into a possible series format. (Likely Dead)
* Forever Man:  Will be a TV telefilm or mini-series
* Ghost Monkey: SFC: Telefilm: A freelance photographer and an American investigator join forces to stop a man-eating monkeylike creature that goes on a killing spree throughout the streets of India. Filming begins in the spring with Promark Entertainment. 
* Graveland: SFC: Telefilm: due 2003 as part of the Saturday night telefilm line-up. 
* IT: SFC: The network has signed on to make the Steven King novel into a four-hour mini-series. 
* Hammerhead: SFC: Telefilm:  While working on stem-cell research, a scientist transforms his subject into a mutant shark-beast. Produced by Nu Image. 
* Heroes Anonymous: Pilot Telefilm: Based on 'Heroes Anonymous,' the popular comic books created by Scott Gimpel and Bill Morrison and published by Matt Groening's Bongo Comics, this live-action one-hour series lives in the world of 'The Incredibles' and 'Spiderman' ? a modern-day big city where superheroes are a part of everyday life. 'Heroes Anonymous' follows a group of twentysomething aspiring superheroes that form a support group to help them cope with the nearly impossible task of trying to discover their own identity, while carving out their secret identity. Produced by NBC Universal Television Studio and Bender-Brown Prods, the series will be Executive Produced by Lawrence Bender ('Kill Bill Vol. 1&2,' 'Pulp Fiction'), Kevin Brown ('Legend of Earthsea,' 'Roswell') and Karl Schaefer ('The Dead Zone'). Gimpel and Morrison will pen the pilot.
* History of the Dead: SFC: Limited Series: From Executive Producer Clive Barker and his Seraphim Films, this six-hour limited series deals with the Devil -- who's trying to litigate his way back into Heaven. Tired of hearing "the Devil made me do it," he hires a topnotch New York defense attorney to prove that he is the least of the world's problems. Also executive producing are Jeff Hayes and Greg Coote of Coote-Hayes Productions, and Joe Daley and Anthony DiBlasi. Produced by Lions Gate Television, executive producer Peter Filardi (The Craft, Salem's Lot) will write the adaptation, which is based on Barker's play, "The History of the Devil or Scenes from a Pretended Life."
* Idaho Creature Incident: SFC: Telefilm:  John Savage and Michelle Goh star in a movie about a government experiment using an alien creature as a weapon. When the trial fails, the creature is locked inside a government facility and must be destroyed before it can escape. The film recently completed production in Sofia, Bulgaria, with Nu Image. 
* Left Hand of God: SFC: Telefilm: based on the Ursula Le Guin's novel. 
* Legion: SFC: Series:  Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone executive produce this series, about a young man who sells his soul to the devil to save his daughter's life and finds out that he must leave his family and wander the world with the ability to recognize other demonically possessed souls. Produced by Kudos Film & Television, Ltd., Whoop, Inc., and Tom Leonardis, the series is written by Tony Jordan and distributed by USACE. 
* Man With the Demonic Brain: SFC: Telefilm: Stars Bruce Campbell in this SFC telefilm. 
* Mansquito: SFC: Telefilm: A scientist trying to find a cure for the West Nile Virus accidentally transforms herself and a junkie into mutant mosquito creatures. Produced by Nu Image.
* Metropolis: SFC: Series:  Cops vs the Paranormal. Haven't heard anything in six months about this one.  This one has been Scrapped. Especially since the SFC got Good vs Evil from USA Network, its sister company and it flopped on both networks. 
* Motel Man: SFC: Telefilm: Joe Miller is a police detective who discovers a collection of seemingly mundane objects that have strange powers. Just for starters, a comb that can stop time, a pencil that creates 1961 pennies when tapped, and a bus ticket that can transport people to Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The most powerful object is a motel room key which grants access to the very room where the objects originated. Elusive and secretive groups collecting these prized objects for various agendas, soon target Joe. As the crews fight, and at times kill for the objects, no one's figured out why or how they got their powers...until Joe Miller. Determined to piece the mystery together, Joe is also being sought by the police for the disappearance of his wife and child, who entered the motel room and never re-emerged. Motel Man was created by Christopher Leone, Laura Harkcom, and Paul Workman. Leone and Harkcom will also write. 
* Myst: SFC: Telefilm: Based on the Video Game of the same name. 
* Nine Lives: SFC: Trilogy: "Nine Lives" is being presented as television's first-ever trilogy. The miniseries began with an idea by Spielberg and, like "Taken," will be written in its entirety by Bohem. Spielberg will again executive produce the series through DreamWorks Television. Despite the three part structure, their new effort may still end up shorter than their last job for Sci Fi. Each of the three parts, which will stand alone but also expand into a larger epic story, will be at least four hours and possibly longer. "Nine Lives" is slated to launch in 2005.
* Puppetmaster vs Demonic Toys: SFC: Telefilm project. 
* Revolution: SFC: Telefilm:  a two-hour space colony pilot from Ed Redlich ("Shark") and John Belluci, the quirky two-hour pilot "Middletown" from Coke Sams and Matt Lindahl, the two-hour slacker superhero dramedy "Johnny Midnight" and half-hour comedy "Starcrossed" about life behind the scenes on a sci-fi space soap. Set for 2007/2008
* Ringworld: SFC: Mini-Series: 4hr: Based on the classic Larry Niven books, this 4-hour miniseries follows four explorers who crashland on "Ringworld" -- an artificial world, mammoth in scope and built in the shape of a ring that rotates around a gravitational sun force. Exploring its harsh terrain, the team encounters alien beings, but they also come to realize that the Ring was once home to an incredibly advanced, technologically-sophisticated civilization which mysteriously vanished after building it...or have they? Executive produced by Bob Mandel and Micky Hyman.
* Red Mars: SFC: Mini-Series: based on Kim Stanley Robinson's novel. A... six hour mini-series based on the trilogy novels of the same name. James Cameron is not involved with the project. 
* Slipstream: SFC: Telefilm: Stars Sean Astin, Ivana Milicevic and Vinnie Jones. Rogue scientist Stuart Conway (Astin) works for a secret government program. Worried that he might leak classified information, the FBI assigns a team of agents to tail him. However, Stuart has secretly invented a time-travel device that allows a person to leap back 10 minutes. While testing the device in a bank, Stuart and the agents get caught in an attempted bank robbery, which sets off a chain of events no one anticipated. (Completed/Brad Krevoy Productions.)
* Stan Lee Movies: SFC: Telefilms: As the creative genius behind Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and X-Men, among many others classic comics, Stan Lee knows a thing or two about captivating characters and compelling storylines. This living legend is joining forces with SCI FI to produce three all new action movies. With Lee's incomparable mythmaking, and with the tremendous success of the recent Hollywood adaptations of Lee's Marvel Comics catalogue, these exclusive-to-SCI FI projects are sure to make a big splash.
* Stormfront: SFC: Half hour series: All is quiet on this one. 
* Supergator:SFC: legendary B-movie director Roger Corman will produce the film "Supergator" for Sci Fi's Saturday movie franchise: The films title is a big self explanatory. Yeah, this has been five or six times already. 2006/2007.
* Suture Girl: SFC: Telefilm/Series:  Developed from the Gretchen Culver character in the Spawn comic-book series, this series centers on a former advertising executive who was murdered by a serial killer and finds herself stitched back to life and imbued with special powers by a mysterious gypsy woman. Suture becomes a voice for the oppressed and a court of last resort as she fights evil with the help of a handsome crusading lawyer. Alan McElroy (Spawn) wrote this backdoor pilot, which will be executive produced by Fireworks Entertainment and Edmonds Entertainment's Tracey E. Edmonds, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Sheila Ducksworth. Spawn creator Todd McFarlane will also serve as a producer. 
* The Twelve: SFC: Mini-Series: MARTIN SCORSESE will executive produce a miniseries for the Sci-Fi channel entitled, 'The Twelve.' The series will follow an FBI agent's experience with odd happenings that lead him to believe the apocalypse is imminent and will fall on the twelfth day of Christmas.  The Sci-Fi channel scored big ratings when they aired "Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken" last year.
* The Thing: SFC: Telefilm: The classic film will get its second remake. A mistake for the SFC after the awesome job done by John Carpenter. 
* Those Who Walk in Darkness: Telefilm: Based on John Ridley's ('Three Kings,' 'Third Watch') best-selling novel of the same name, 'Those Who Walk in Darkness' is a near-future drama about an expert team of S.W.A.T. police whose primary mission is to hunt down and capture rogue "Metanormals"? people who genetically posses superpowers. Along with high-octane action, we'll delve into the intense relationships, on the job and off, within this elite team. John Ridley will write and executive produce in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
* A Thousand Days: SFC: Telefilm: The Marvel comics Strikeforce: Morituri will become A Thousand Days mini-series for the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003. The story deals with a group of super soldiers who die 1,000 days after being engineered to fight evil. (never happened)
* Time Tunnel: SFC: Telefilm/Back Door Pilot: In this updated interpretation of the classic 1960s television series created by Irwin Allen, a female scientist and a government agent find themselves trapped in time when an experimental time travel project is sabotaged. Produced with Fox Television Studios and Kevin Burns and Jon Jashni of Synthesis Entertainment. Allen's wife, Shelia Allen will produce. Written by John Turman ('The Hulk').
* Total Eclipse: SFC: Series:  This series centers on Jeremy Cross, a new teacher at Greylock College, who discovers that the school is a nexus of the supernatural, where the faculty's IQ increases annually, intelligent wolves roam the forests and research deals with time travel, ESP and anything else on the edge of science. Steve Aspis writes and executive produces. 
* Tin Man: SFC: Telefilm: Inspired by "The Wizard of Oz" our hero Dorothy is zapped off to an alternate universe where nothing is as it seems. Imagine that. She's trapped in the land of the Outer Zone (O.Z.). The land is populated by police called Tin Men. Like the original film she meets three individuals who help her on her adventure. Craig Van Sickle will co-write  and executive produce with Steven Long Mitchell. In case you didn't know these are the two guys who co-created the hit series "The Pretender". 
Script: Craig Van Sickle & Steven Long Mitchell
Executive Producers: Sickle & Mitchell. 
* Tomorrows Child: Telefilm: Horribly burned in an accident, a young girl is brought back to life by new "skin" of extraterrestrial origin. This new flesh gives the girl powers beyond human comprehension, and soon the government is on her trail, looking to make her its next guinea pig. As she travels the country in Fugitive fashion, she looks to discover the origin of her powers and seek out others like her. Produced by NBC Universal Television Studio and Gary Foster's Horseshoe Bay Productions ('Daredevil,' 'Elektra').
* Untitled Telefilm: SFC: Telefilm: an untitled 90-minute drama about a quartet of convicts who receive technologically advanced bodies and are put to work by the US government tracking down threats from science run amuck.
* Urban Arcadia: Telefilm: Cities across the globe have been invaded by creatures from a parallel world. These beings have crossed through a portal into the human sphere and don't plan to obey the laws of the land. Undercover detective Sean Mayhew must protect the human population from the influx of these chameleon-like, mythological creatures. 'Urban Arcana' is based on a Hasbro/Worlds of Wonder role playing game. Aron Coleite ('Crossing Jordan') will write; Gary A. Randall and Rockne O'Bannon ('The Triangle, Farscape') will executive produce in association with Fox Television Studios.
* Wasteland: SFC: Telefilm: Jute is just an average guy, fed up by the androids that are taking all the best jobs in town. His anger got the best of him in a barroom fight, and now he's been exiled to a desolate penal colony. DeeCee is an obedient android, but when he's assigned to transport Jute, he finds his notions of humans turned upside down. After mutants attack their ship, the unlikely pair finds itself lost in the wild, with only each other to depend on for survival. Production begins in Spring '04 with Brainstorm. 
* Winny: SFC: Telefilm: A satiric thriller from the creator of Beetlejuice, this 4-hour miniseries is a biting look at American culture. Beloved American cartoon character Winney has become so popular that it's possible it may be elected President. However, Steve, the puppeteer who gave Winney its movements for a popular talk show, discovers that the character's creator has made a pact with the Devil to bring Winney to life. Steve alone knows the truth and stands in the way of Winney's world domination. Based on the popular short film Winney: A Cute Candidate by Florence Deygas and Olivier Kuntzel. Larry Wilson (Beetlejuice), Deygas and Kuntzel will executive produce, with Wilson writing the script.
* Witch Hunter Robin: SFC:Telefilm: The animated feature is getting the live action telefilm treatment from Star Trek writer (DS9, NG, and Voyager) Joe Menosky 
* Witch School: SFC: Telefilm Pilot/Mini-Series: which looks at Ed Hubbard's Witch School located in Hoopeston, Illinois. No set production date as of January, 2007.
* V Meets Sex In The City: SFC: Untitled Joel Schumacher/April Smith Project -- Sex and the City meets V in this edgy urban drama. An elite team of soldier/scientists from another planet is studying humans, preparing for an eventual invasion. Each must experience a different aspect of the human experience -- and many are seduced by the unfamiliar tastes and feelings of this new world. When a sexy alien female falls in love with a human male, a deadly tale of love, lust, and world domination unfolds. Joel Schumacher (Batman) and three-time Emmy nominee April Smith (Chicago Hope) will co- executive produce. Schumacher will direct and Smith will write.

* Dead Man: TNT: A two-hour telefilm has been greenlighted. It will be based on the dc comic of the same name featuring a murdered man who comes back to life but only as a spirit who can inhabit dead bodies. It will be considered a pilot if the ratings are good enough to merit it. (production canceled) 
* GRACE: TNT: Grace centers on a jaded Oklahoma City police detective (Hunter) who is visited by an irascible angel (Rippy) and offered an opportunity to redeem her life. San Giacomo will play Grace's best friend, a forensic scientist. Woodbine will play a death-row inmate who also can see the angel.
      Laura San Giacomo has been tapped to co-star opposite Holly Hunter in TNT's supernatural drama pilot Grace, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Leon Rippy and Bokeem Woodbine also have been cast in the project, from Fox TV Studios.
* Summer Of Gods: TNT: ordered mini-series being produced by Hallmark Entertainment.  About  the retelling of greek and roman myths.. 
* Devastator: TNT: James Hudnall's comic series 'Devastator' is being produced for a new series by Witchblade's  executive producer, Ralph Hemecker. Hemecker will also direct the telefilm for Jerry Bruckheimer television. The series will not however go forward as long as Hemecker is involved with Witchblade. So if season two is successful, Hemecker could leave the series to do Devastator. 

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* Beauty & the Beast: UPN: UPN is looking into bringing back a new 'Beauty and the Beast' series with producer Paul Junger Witt from the original series. A script commitment has been given. No word if any of the regular cast will return. No word on this one since June 2002. Status Unknown
* Black Star: UPN: A series in development from UPN that will follow a futuristic top gun school. Stagnant project, with no word since late 2001. (scrapped by UPN)
* Blur: UPN: Ex-con and his brother team with Las Vegas Metro Police to infiltrate the criminal underworld in Sin City; from Danny DeVito's Jersey TV. Pilot ordered. 
* Chameleon: UPN: A series based on the three Blockbuster Cinema Movies about a government agent called 'Chameleon' is being considered for the fall line-up. She is a IMI corporate assassin that is 75% human and 25% animal. Dead. 
* Danger Girl: UPN: Comic book being turned into a weekly series for UPN. Actress Jessica Biel (7th Heaven) is being sought after for the lead role. 1.31.03.  (DEAD on 5.11.04)
* Delta: UPN: About the military special ops team that joins forces with the CIA to thwart terrorists of all stripes. John Milius is writing, and executive producing with Mike Newell ("Donnie Brasco"). Pilot ordered. 
* The Edge: Two FBI academy grads and an undercover agent who solve crimes in a beach town on the U.S.-Mexico border. A Pilot movie has been ordered. 
* Fly Girls: UPN: UPN has a new genre style series going into development from Lion's Gate and Mandalay Television. Pretty Woman scribe J.F. Lawton will write and executive producer of the series along with Peter Gruber and Elizabeth Stephen. Fly Girls focuses on the star of a sci-fi series who somehow becomes endowed with real super powers.
* Forbidden Island: UPN, Castaways on an island of genre concepts. Aaron Spelling Entertainment. DEAD
* Ghost in the Machine: Variety reported that UPN has ordered a Science Fiction Pilot movie from Horror director 'Wes Craven'. It will be a paranormal pilot about a millionaire and his wife who specialize in artificial intelligence investigating the paranormal. UPN dropped the project. DEAD
* Gorilla World: UPN: Scrapped after getting a cease and desist letter from FOX who hold the copyright to Planet of the Apes and is preparing a feature film remake. 1999 DEAD
* Jen-X: UPN has asked 'Deep Blue Sea' screenwriter Duncan Kennedy to create a Sci-Fi pilot titled 'Jen-X'. The adventures of a cybernetically enhanced  twenty-something hero. Project appears DEAD. 
* Juggernaut: UPN: is developing another new science fiction series, this time from former NBC movies and minis chief Linda DeKoven, now on her own as DeKoven Entertainment. Along with Robert Halmi and Hallmark Entertainment, DeKoven is developing JUGGERNAUT, a sci-fi drama involving a group of "warriors" corralled together by (guess who) the United Nations to fight off alien invasion of the Earth. (Development dropped on 5.11.04)
* Kamelot: UPN: Pilot Ordered. King Arthur is resurrected as a hip revolutionary who reigns supreme in a Camelot-like future society; from horrormeister Wes Craven. Pilot ordered. The Miramax TV and Abandon Entertainment hour-long drama comes from writers Ron Milbauer and Terri Hughes. (dropped from development on 5.11.04)
* Mystery Girl: (UPN) - UPN has moved the target date of the pilot presentation, a drama about a trendy society gal/magazine writer (newcomer Alex Breckenridge) who finds herself tackling mysteries surrounding the rich and infamous, to fall 2004 consideration. Howard Gordon ("24"), Adam Shankman ("Bringing Down the House") and Liz Heldens ("Boston Public") are behind the project, which comes from 20th Century Fox Television.
* Orderlies: UPN: about twentysomething Bonnie and Clyde types who battle corporate America on behalf of the little guy; from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine TV. Pilot ordered. 
* Rat Bastard: UPN: UPN Said NO! Another animated series.  A half hour show set in futuristic Manhattan where a clone of Elvis is King and a person's genetics determine their social standings. The series follows Rosco Rodent, who is both a taxi cab driver and a private investigator. (UPN dropped the idea after a small animated segment was submitted.) DEAD
* Mortal Kombat Federation of Martial Arts: UPN: In quick development for UPN through Threshold Entertainment for the sweeps this year. If successful will be a weekly series. Show would be a more WWF wrestling style program than the old version of Mortal Kombat: Conquest was due to air Friday, April 24 2001, following a one-hour WWF special. Never Happened. 
* Newton: UPN: From Joel Silver and "Dead Zone" writer Craig Silverstein about a family that moves to a new town, which happens to be the testing ground for an array of high-tech gadgets.
* Night Thrasher: UPN: UPN is adding a Marvel Comics character to its line-up. It has ordered a new series about a black superhero 'Night Thrasher'.  The project has received a premium script commitment by UPN. Michael Elliot will come on board as one of the writers and also executive produce with Bill Silverman, Avi Arad, and Rick Unger. The show will be set in present day, and Night Thrasher, Dwayne Taylor, will be a 25 year old millionaire who lends his superhero services to the CIA. (DEAD, dropped from development on 5.11.04)
* Nightingale: UPN: revolves around a woman who's guided by unseen forces to fight evil at night, but has no memory of doing so once the sun rises. Brandon Camp and Mike Thompson (John Doe) are writing and executive producing via Sony Pictures Television.
* the Saint: UPN: Director John McTiernan has joined to executive produce the series.  ATG to revive the adventures of Simon Templar for UPN. Hope it's better than Secret Agent Man. Project seems dead. 
* Silver Lake: UPN: an hourlong script from writer Justin Tanner, about a man whose psychic abilities force him to deal with the unresolved problems of dead people. This one seems very similar to the them for Tru Calling. Pilot is in production as of 5.5.04
* The Terror: UPN: is moving along with another genre based series titled 'The Terror' from Todd McFarlane Entertainment based on the comic book 'Black Terror'. Blade producer Andrew Horne will be executive producing the new series, which they hope to have in production in 2001 and premiere the fall of 2001 on UPN. Premise? Here it is...  the Government experiments on a former agent. Now he comes looking for those that did this thing to him. Appears Dead.
* Triangle: UPN: has given the greenlight to a new Sci-Fi series titled "Triangle". The story revolves around a doctor whose wife disappeared while Honeymooning on an island near the Bermuda Triangle. To figure out what happened he stays on the island and begins treating the residents. 
* Thor: UPN: A series being developed by UPN, Artisan, and Marvel for UPN based on the Comic Book Superhero. Dolph Lungren has been mentioned as a possible candidate to star. This one is dead, at least for now.  
* Thrasher: UPN: UPN is adding a Marvel Comics character to its line-up. It has ordered a new series about a black superhero 'Night Thrasher'.  The project has received a premium script commitment by UPN. Michael Elliot will come on board as one of the writers and also executive produce with Bill Silverman, Avi Arad, and Rick Unger. The show will be set in present day, and Night Thrasher, Dwayne Taylor, will be a 25 year old millionaire who lends his superhero services to the CIA.  
* Untitled 2: UPN: an untitled hour from writer J.F. Lawton (Under Siege), which will blend live-action and anime to tell the story of two actresses working on a Saturday morning kids' TV show whose costumes actually give them superhuman powers
* Vega$ Dick: UPN has ordered another Las Vegas pilot (the first was the series the Strip from Joel Silver). This one has the feel Robert Urich series VEGA$. This one is titled Vegas Dick is about a reformed con man who gets a job as an in-house detective at a Las Vegas casino. Rich Wilkes ("XXX" ) is writing the script. The biggest problem with series done in Vegas is that they move the hotels around mixing and matching locations for a feel rather than reality.  People who know about Las Vegas know. Katherine Heigl has joined the cast in the pilot movie. She will play the boss of the lead character. Invisible Man star Vincent Ventresca is the male lead. No Word as of 1.29.04. (dropped from development on 5.11.04) 
* Weapon X: UPN: A pilot has been ordered for a possible series titled "Weapon X" that revolves around an NSA geek who turns superhero after micortech injections. The pilot was written by Silvio Horta, who worked on the Sci-Fi Channel's canceled series "The Chronicle". The new series stars... Matt Czuchry (eight legged freaks ) and Marina Black (six feet under) To much like Jake 2.0. DEAD
* XXX: UPN: Scribe Rich Wilkes is writing and co-executive producing an untitled project about a former con man who ends up the inhouse detective at a Hard Rock-like casino in Vegas. Pilot ordered. 

* Baretta: USA: USA Network is hot for remakes of old 70's series it appears. The network is already developing a new Kojak series, and will now focus a few resources to revisit the days of Tony Baretta. Revelle will produce the new updated series about a Detroit cop. Producers are hoping to cast John Leguizamo or Jeffrey Wright. A two-hour pilot is being scripted with a hopeful a January 2004 USA Network premiere. 
Bionic Woman: USA: In development to bring back the 1976 television series starring Lindsay Wagner. It is being produced by Jennifer and Susanne Todd (Team todd)
* Eraser: USA: This was to have been an ABC project back in 2000 for the 2001 season, but ABC petered out on it. USA has teamed with Warner Brothers and will be bringing a television series pilot loosely based on the 1996 Arnold Swartzenegger feature 'ERASER' to the small screen. The pilot movie will be produced by the the Kopelsons. 
* Ms. Tree: USA: Based on the norish crime comic by Max Allen Collins and Terry Beatty featuring a woman detective who carries on the business once operated by her late husband. The series will be an one-hour action program on the USA cable network. Appears Dead. 
* Night Gallery: USA: figuring to cash in on the psychological thing, will create a limited series updating Rod Serling's 'The Night Gallery' series as part of its original programming. Of course the bastard child network, 'the Sci-Fi Channel', will get the series once it airs on USA.

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* Aquaman: WB: A new Smallville style series could go into dvelopment based on the comic book character. The ratings for Aquaman's appearance on Smallville were outstanding. 
* Bruce Wayne: WB: Still in development, but unlikely to happen is a series revolving around a young Bruce Wayne similar to Smallville. It would be doubtful that fans would ever see Wayne wear the cape and cowl. DEAD (for now)
* CHiPs: WB: a return to the 1970's television series about two Los Angeles motorcycle cops. Doug Liman and David Bartis with their Hypnotic production company are working on a CHiPs updated project giving it a new spin. The project is for none other than the WBtv network. 
* Dark Shadows: WB: Series: Alexis Thorpe ("Days of Our Lives"), Jenna Dewan ("The Hot Chick") and Jason Shaw ("Charmed") are set to round out the cast of the Frog's "Dark Shadows" revival. Shaw and Dwann will play Joe Haskell and Sophia respectively while Thorpe is set as Kelly Greer, a new character created specificially for the updated version. Production began this weekend on the Warner Bros. Television/John Wells Productions drama pilot, which also stars Blair Brown, Marley Shelton, Ivana Milicevic, Alec Newman, Jessica Chastain, Martin Donovan, Matt Czuchry and Alexander Gould. (Project has been scrapped)
* Dragon Riders of Pern: WB: SERIES IS DEAD:  Warner Brothers pulled the plug on this one two days before filming began. Moore wanted a classy interesting show and Warner Brothers wanted to create another Buffy/ Xena-esque type series.      The new Ronald Moore series from the Anne McCaffrey novels is scheduled to begin production end of March, early April. The series, which has no cast of filming locations, will be live action with CGI dragons. Says Moore of the series, "The show will be an interpretation of Anne's books, my take on Anne's world. It how I see it successfully moving into television. They are planning to push the envelope on what they can do on TV and deliver creatures that haven't been seen before.  The central character will be Lessa, daughter of a noble family from Ruatha Hold (from Dragonflight). Her family is killed, and she journeys with F'Lar, F'Nor and Kylara to Bendan Weyr to reclaim her title and eventually return as a dragonrider. This is a big project for Moore to get to the small screen by the fall. But I sure hope he makes it. Dragonriders of Pern is a great series of books. (scifi wire) 
* Electra Woman & Dyna Girl: WB: WB-TV  has ordered a pilot for a new version of "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" that will be penned by Elisa Bell and Jeff Kline. While the old ABC version was about two magazine reporters, the revised take will have a young  college student going to Las Vegas, where she finds "Electra Woman" and soon  becomes her "Dyna Girl." (sftv news) Makie Post (night court) has been signed to star as Electra Woman. Seems DEAD. Pilot was filmed.
* The Last Train aka/ Day One: WB: b>Series DEAD This is Warner Brothers most expensive pilot ever. A British sitcom being created for the US as DAY ONE by Michael Piller (former Trek Guru). The ongoing series is set in an post-apocalyptic society. The pilot was very good. Project died due to cost per episode. 
* OZ: WB: A series in development based on the Land of Oz from the Wizard of Oz. Likely to be to expensive to produce.
* Planetary: WB in 2002?: Comics writer/creator Warren Ellis has revealed that there may be a TV series in the works based on his Planetary comic book series. DC/Wildstorm have sold a development option on Planetary to Warner Brothers Television. Warner Brothers TV now have a period of time in which to develop Planetary as a TV show aimed at a 2002 release. Understand, they've simply bought the rights to develop the show. There is no guarantee that a Planetary TV show would ever even get in front of a camera...The person behind this drive at WB is one of their VP`s of drama development. Therefore, this is not an animated series they're looking at, but a live-action series. DEAD
* Sabrina Spin-off Series: WB: Warner Brothers is considering a mid-season or 2k1 fall season, show based on a character from the show. (DEAD)
* Shadow Walkers: WB: an action-adventure show about a married pair of archeologists who, with their kids, hunt for the truth about mythic characters. Dan Angel and Billy Brown (Night Visions) wrote the pilot and share executive producer credits with Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey, Greg Coote and Jeff Hayes. 
* The Spaces: The WB has greenlit a pilot about the teen years of the first boy born in an outer-space colony. 
* Young MacGyver: WB: The WB has made a production commitment with producer Paramount Network Television to pick up a new version of the action drama "MacGyver." But the new version of the series will focus on MacGyver's nephew. "Young MacGyver" will follow the twentysomething hero as he leaves school and winds up joining the Phoenix Foundation -- the good-guy organization his uncle belonged to -- on a lark. Once there, he discovers that he's incredibly adept at stepping into Uncle MacGyver's shoes. MacGyver is being targeted for the 2003 fall schedule. Jared Padalecki, who plays Dean Forester on fellow WB show "Gilmore Girls," has nabbed the coveted role in the WB's Paramount- produced "MacGyver" project. (Project Dead)

SYNDICATED, CABLE, & Misc. SERIES
   What is being considered. Still might happen.  With syndication first run series timeslots disappearing most of these series will NOT be going into production.  NOTE: Most Syndicated Timeslots are now strictly used for repeats of hit series and no first run syndicated programming. 

* Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Series: Pilot from FOX. ( development Hell) One small scene was done CGI to show it what could be done with a TV show budget. Still being talked about. Nothing firm.  Appears Dead... once again (2001)
* Area 23: 'Area 23' is the Pentagon sanctioned program that houses the Pys Ops Team - an elite strike team of paranormals. Individuals gifted with extraordinary powers of the mind. They go where our government cannot and will not venture. Protecting national interests at home and abroad, dealing with the growing terrorists threats. (paranormal and otherwise). This a pilot movie/series being shopped around by Mindshadow Entertainment. 
* C.I.D.: Network Undecided: Patrick Swayze has been enticed to turn his acting towards television and a new series in the vein of J.A.G. for Warner Bro. Swayze will play a member of the U.S. Armies 'Criminal Investigation Division' and the series will be much darker than J.A.G. The hour long drama has no network attached to the project... yet.  It is slated for a new 2002 series. 
* Colosseum: The Dice Man, Andrew Dice Clay will be joining a new Time-Travel series titled 'Colosseum'. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Pearson Television production has signed Outer Limits writer-producer Sam Egan to run the show, and Stargate SG-1's Mario Azzopardi to direct. It was scheduled for exhibition in January 2001 at the National Association of Television Programming Executives in Las Vegas. I don't have any status on this or whether or not the series was promoted or shown at the NATP. Time will tell. This was reported by sciencefiction.com back in November 2000.  Latest word (2/2k1) is that this series will not happen. It is not listed on the 2001 schedule. Slight chance for 2k2. They were not able to sell it to enough stations, and financing from telescene fell through. (2000)
* The Crow: Stairway to Heaven: DEAD: Series was to be brought back by Pressman, after he obtained the rights. Mark Ducascos has stated that after all this time he would be unlikely to return to the role. Series ratings were good when canceled. 
* Dark Age of Camelot: syn: At one time titled 'Pendragon': The legend of Camelot is explored in this potential series, including, of course, the characters of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin, and whoever else was a part of the original mythic canon. Jonathan Hale is on board the project as head writer, with Lawrence Bender and Kevin Brown producing. (production terminated)
* Devastator: Jerry Bruckheimer Television is developing Jerry Hudnall's (harsh realm co-creator) Devastator comic into a weekly series. Witchblade pilot director Ralph Hemecker is already attached for the Devastator pilot. The comic takes place in the near future and tells the story of a man, John Blake, an ex-cop whose life sucks and is getting worse. He takes a drug that will give him some temporary relief and make him happy. However the drug has been tampered with turning him into an assassin who is suppose to take out the major of a major city. Fighting back the drug Blake sets out to find the people who did this to him. 
* Dragon Riders of Pern: Anne McCaffrey novels was to have come to life in this new series loosely based on the books. Atlantis Films and Zyntopo Teo in Ireland have back out before production began. New financing being sought after. Airing in the fall unlikely now. Possibly 2k1 if funding is found. ( would be better on the big screen or as a series of TV Movies ) Still nothing as of JULY on funding for the new series. (October: Appears dead as of Dec 2000.) This project was not related to Ron Moore's futile attempt.
* Escape From New York: Snake Plissken will return in 2k1 in a new series from the feature films. Hauk will be the villain in the series. It takes place in the near future. Not the prison theme used in the movies. Kurt Russell is attached to the projects but will NOT be in the role of Snake Plissken. Likely to co-produce the series or something like that. Howard Chaykin (viper) will be the head writer for the series. Sounds like a Lorenzo Lamas role. This would be perfect for him. Status Unknown. Likely dead due to the end of syndicated time slots.
* Flatland: Unknown Network: Dennis Hopper is set to headline this new 22 episode TV series, 'Flatland'. A series done in the vein of 'the Matrix' and 'Crouching Tiger'. The new series is from Shanghai, China based Hweilai Studios, and Rudy Morgan Organization. The series cast also includes... Liam Waite, Katherine Kendall, Philip Rhys, Francoise Yip, and Bumper Robinson. "Flatland" will borrow from the history of Chinese martial-arts and swordplay films, which have people flying through the air seemingly effortlessly. The series has yet to find a home in the United States. Morgan and Ruddy said they are in talks with several major broadcast and cable networks but declined to give further details. All 22 episodes are completed. Special effects will account for "a very healthy portion" of the show's budget of $1.75 million an episode. Production of the series, including postproduction, will be done entirely in Shanghai, where Hweilai Studios has secured $300 million in investments so far (HR 6/26). The music, being scored in California, will be sent via fiber-optic cable to China for final mix, and guest stars will be flown in every week from the United States and Australia. The series has yet to find a home in the United States. Morgan and Ruddy said they are in talks with several major broadcast and cable networks but declined to give further details. (production terminated)
* Forgotten Realms TV: Fireworks Entertainment (Robocop mini-series) has purchases the television rights to the 'Forgotten Realms' fantasy novels. The live action pilot will be written by genre novelist R.A. Salvatore (star wars nobvels). The new series will tell the story of a land filled wizards & sorcerers. Dungeons & Dragons (the role playing game) owners will help Fireworks develop the series storylines. Project is dead with Fireworks Entertainment going belly up.
* Futuresport: Remember the disappointing TV Movie 'Futuresport' starring Dean Cain and Venessa Williams? Well, the low rated movie and DVD is turning into a new television series from Wesley Snipes production studio 'Amen-ra'. Producer Bruce Zabel (dark skies), reported, "Wesley has agreed to guest star not only in the pilot, but also in three of the first thirteen episodes. He will actually be a major player, not only in an ownership position, but also in helping make the series as good as it can be." (sfx network) There is no word as to whether the new series will be syndicated or not. Luckily this one seems dead.
* Gen 13: A possible Disney based series being produced by dungeons and dragons director Courtney Solomon. With all the changes it is unlikely to be anything like the comic series. Titled right now by Disney as 'Fourth Graders'.
* Genesis II: New series for sale by Majel Roddenberry. She says the series is ready to sell to cable and has been written in a new form. Not sold yet. Series pilots failed in 1973 and 1974. The 1974 pilot starred John Saxon. No date on this one. It will likely be done after the animated 'Starship' is up and running. They have been waiting for Andromeda to settle in before working on the start of a possible third syndicated series. 
* Planet Earth: Another Roddenberry series almost ready to be put into production in the next year or so. Majel Roddenberry says both series are almost ready and likely to have name changes.
* The Judger: John Corbett plays the Judger, a gunslinger righting wrongs on Mars. This one has been quite for almost 8 months now. Nothing recent for months. DEAD
* Mechwarriors: The pilot remains unsold from producers Paul Bryant and Michael Wahl. Foundation Imaging handled the SFX in the pilot. It is still unknown if the series is all CGI or live action mixed with CGI. The series is based on the role playing game of the same name. DEAD
* Neverending Story: Neverending Story novels from writer Michael Ende spawned three successful movies has now been picked up by Hallmark Entertainment as a new TV Series. The series is currently filming Montreal Canada. Mark Rendall will play the key role of Bastian. Other actors joining the series will be Jane Wheeler, Lisa Bronsyn Moore, and John Dunn-Hill. DEAD
* Perfect Dark: synd: Don't have the synopsis for the proposed series yet.
* Privateers: Syndicated series from Trek fan and writer Deborah Warner. A SF series in production for a fall 2k release. The series stars Karl Urban (Xena) & Water Koenig as Admiral Roka. It revolves around a group of space pirates. Only heard about this from one site. Nothing, anywhere else about this series. (Dead)
* Red Sonja: In development HEILL at Threshold Entertainment. Still may star Rena Mero. DEAD
* Spartacus: This one is in development for a 2k2 release. No stars have been mentioned yet. Hasn't even gotten far enough to get feelers out on interest. MGM has picked up the rights to the series, which is still in development. Last year Pearson bought the rights, but Pearson got bought by a German firm and does not distribute to North America (this the cancellation of 'First Wave'.) The new series is currently seeking writers and showrunners. Spartacus will be filmed in... 'Australia'. The concept seems more serious style Hercules/Xena. Unlikely to make it as Conan, was unable to. Could be picked up by a network as well as going syndicated.
* Species: Based on the features films of the same name. Natasha Henstridge has been asked to be part of the series. This is in early development and has only been announced by Henstridge only during an interview with Cinescape online. DEAD
* SPQR: It looks like the success of DreamWorks GLADIATOR still reverberates through Hollywood with word that this pilot and potential series will in a world in which an elite guard must protect the Emperor of Rome from forces threatening the Emperor's reign. Russ Kagan and Lorenzo Minomi are on board to produce. DEAD
* Starship: Another Gene Roddenberry concept. Developed by Majel Barrett Roddenberry and John Semper (animated spiderman). Babylon 5's Bruce Boxleitner was once rumored for the lead in this one.  An animated version is now in the hands of Stan Lee (but Lee's web studio has closed down). They have no company to do computer graphics for the show yet. Live action version likely not to be decided on until Andromeda is up and running on TV.
* T.I.M.E.: a science-fact mystery adventure described as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" meets "The X-Files" meets "Sea Hunt." Skein will follow a group of treasure hunters turned archaeologists who discover that humankind's past is not as science has presented it. From Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. 
* UFO: ???: The British based series looks to be reworked for the US. UFO is being adapted for US Television by Carlton America, the US based arm of the UK's Carlton. "Outer Limits" veterans Pen Densham, Neil Kaplan and John Watson of Trilogy Entertainment are doing the work.  DEAD

   
CABLE & TV FEATURES
  In development of some sort. May or May not happen.

CURRENT RUNNING GENRE SERIES for 2005

ABC 

* Alias 
* LOST 
* Invasion 
* The Night Stalker 


CBS 
CBS

* CSI   ( top rated new series )
* CSI: Miami 
* CSI: New York  (2004/2005)
* Navy NCIS 
* Threshold 
* Ghost Whisperer


NBC 

* Medium 
* Surface 

FOX 

* 24
* King of the Hill 
* Simpsons 

UPN 

* NONE

WB

* Smallville 
* Charmed 
* Supernatural

Sci-Fi Channel 

* Stargate SG-1 
* Stargate: Atlantis 
* Battlestar Galactica 

SYN 

* NONE

Showtime 

*  None

TNT

* None

USA Network

* Dead Zone 
* Monk
* The 4400

HBO 

* Deadwood  (western) 
* ROME 

PLANET OF THE APES 
                        the Series  turned TV Movies Info...

     Premiered September 13, 1974 and died December 13, 1974. After five years of sitting on the series (who wants to rerun the series with only about 12 episodes to show. Fox cut ten episodes into 5 television movies.  
1. Back to the Planet of the Apes
2. The Forgotten City of the Apes
3. Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
4. Life, Liberty, and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
5. Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

     These five Tele-pictures are also different when aired on CBS, who paid $1M for Galen to commentate the movies as an older chimp. If not airing on CBS you will likely NOT see these versions of the movies.  

     The Tele-films have been airing on FXM on a regular basis.  Fox Family Channel has aired a few of the movies occasionally. They aren't bad for TV Movies compiled from the TV Episodes

  Will there be more Alien Nation ... TV Movies?

     Kenneth Johnson has reported that due to the expense of outfitting cast members with those melon heads, there will likely not be any further series revivals. Looks like the five movies and the single season of 22 episodes is all we will have. The SciFi Channel still airs the movies occasionally. So if your missing any keep the tapes ready and the VCR hot. Can you believe it is that expensive for a head job? 

     The SFC seems to only have the rights to air three of the five TV movies. Dark Horizon, Millenium, and Body & Soul. Last aired on SFC March 19, 2K.

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SUPERHEROES IN WORK

Here is a list of Superhero features that have been mentioned in some form of feature film, television series or whatever... The list is long, and should be distinguished.

• the Avengers    
  There has been talk, but no script in development. 
• Alpha Flight
  Nothing in development
• The Atom
  In Development
• Aquaman
  Warner Bros. television has telefilm in development. A pilot for a new series. 
• Batman: Year One (Batman 5)
  Warner Bros. considering. Project now DEAD. 
• Batman Beyond (live action movie)   
  Lost out to Batman Year One. This one appears dead.
• Batman
  Christian Bale returns. The Joke to appear in sequel. Names mentioned - Paul Bethany, Johnny Depp, Robin Williams, Micheal Keaton and others. Producers likely to go with a relatively unknown or television actor. 
• Black Panther
  Wesley Snipes - May not happen, at least with Snipes, but he says he's interested in still starring in the lead role.
• Black Widow
  New Feature written and directed by David Hayter. From Lion's Gate Entertainment. 
• Blade
  Television series at Spike TV.  
• Cable
  There has been talk of turning this character into a feature. 
• Captain America
  Slow Development. Script in Rewrite. Tom Cruise & Freddie Prince Jr. interested. 
• Captain Marvel
  Nothing in development
• Catwoman
  Sequel Unlikely after the shit from Halle Berry. Berry wants to do another film. 
• Cloak & Dagger
  Was to be a feature film, then downgraded to weekly series. Now both projects are off the board. Project is currently inactive
• Constantine
  Sequel in development. Keannu Reeves interested in returning to the character. 
• Danger Diva
  To be directed by Robert McGinley. Amanda Peete is front runner. Also being looked at is Jennifer Lopez and Heather Graham.
• Danger Girl
  Being developed into a drama series for television by UPN and Paramount Television. Pilot has been (looks dead) greenlighted. Looks dead at this point.
• Daredevil 2
   Ben Affleck interested if the picture is darker and more like the comic books. 
• The Dark Prince
  Platinum Studios has picked up the rights to Eman R. Torres' comic book The Dark Prince. Could be live action or animated feature. Platinum has an animation deal in place with Disney and two projects already in development with them. 
• Deadpool
  In development. This one is finally creeping forward.
• Deathblow
  Talk only. 
• Deathlok
  In heavy development at Paramount. The film tells the story of a man being turned into a computer. Scripting stage. 
• Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
  Project appears still on the studio back burner. Nothing moving forward.
• Doom Patrol
  Nothing in development
• Dr. Strange
  Development stage.
• Dragonball Z
  Project in development as a live action feature.
• Elektra
  Feature film starring Jennifer Garner & Terrance Stamp. Spot appearances by Daredevil and Bullseye.
• Elementals
  Nothing in development
• Fantastic Four
  Sequel in development despite a mediocre first film. 
• Firestorm
  Nothing in development
• The Flash
  Develoment with David Goyer writing, producing and directing.
• Gambit
  Lots of talk. 
• Gen 13  
  All talk and no action on this one
• Ghost Rider  
  Completed. Sequel talk happening.
• G.I.JOE
  Some Talk about a feature. Nothing in development
• Green Arrow
  Nothing in development
• The Green Hornet  
  Feature Film with Kevin Smith writing only. From Miramax Films. May be pushed back... All quite as of May, 2006
• Grendel
  Slow Development
• Green Lantern  
  Possibly moving into development. Nicolas Brendon (buffy) is the front runner right now for the lead.
• Hawkeye
  Nothing in development
• Hawkman
  Nothing in development
• Hellblazer
  Nothing in development
• Hellboy
  Budget about $47 million for first sequel. Studio interested in two sequels.
• Hulk 2
  story in development. Hulk will be smaller. This will be an action film according to Avi Arad.  Scheduled for a 2006 release. 
• Iceman
  Has been talk of a project... rumor for now. 
• Inhumans (underrated comic book team)
  Nothing in development. 
• Invaders
  Nothing in development.
• Iron Fist   
  In development Hell. 
• Iron Man   
  Marvel has inked John Favreau to helm the project. He's coming off his hit film "Zathura". With the cancellation of Paramount's "John Carter of Mars" feature Favreau became available. 
• Jonah Hex
  In Development. Nothing new as of May, 2005
• John Carter of Mars - Novel Turned Comic Book
  Paramount has dumped the project and released John Favreau in favor of doing Star Trek 11 film with director/creator JJ Abrams. 
• Judge Dredd: Dredd Reckoning   
  One film in production. No new word. Looks dead.
• Justice League of America
  Some live action talk. No development yet.
• Killraven 
  Sony Pictures negotiating with Marvel for the Feature rights to this lesser known title. Robert Schenkkan may pen the script. 
• Lady Death
  Nothing in development. Animated film nearly complete.
• Legion of Super-Heroes
  Nothing in development
• Longshot (mini-series comic)
  Nothing in development
• Mandrake, the Magician
   The production company that bought the rights to the Phantom has bought the rights to Mandrake. 
• Man-Thing 
  Low budget film a bust - aired on the sci-fi channel. 
• Moon Knight
  There has been some talk about this relatively unknown character hitting the big screen. 
• New Mutants
  Nothing in development
• Nick Fury: Agent of Shield
  Will Smith in consideration now for the lead role. Bruce Willis is apparently out. Willis would have been awesome. 
• Nightwing
  Some talk and possibly in quiet development.
• Nova
  Nothing in development
• the Phantom
  New Feature film moved into development hell. (Money???)
• The Pit (image comics)
  Nothing in development
• Powerman
  Still in scripting phase - May 2005. 
• Preacher
  There has been some talk. Nothing in development.
• PRIME
  Marvel has finalized the deal for the feature film to be scripted by Don Calame and Chris Conroy
• The Punisher
  Sequel with Thomas Jane still on the board. Lots of lip from Thomas Jane, but nothing from the studio. The original B film starring Dolph Lungren and Lou Gossett Jr. was much better. 
• Rust
  Rights to the Steve Miller comic book have been picked up by Platinum Studios - which brought Jeremiah to Showtime. This comic is from the mid 80's and could be live action or animated. 
• Savage Dragon
  Nothing in development
• The Shadow
  No talk of a sequel. First film with Alec Baldwin was underrated. 
• Silver Surfer 
  Scripting looks to be complete. Casting could begin soon. May 2006.  
• Sin City  from Frank Miller
  2 sequels in the works from Robert Rodgriquez
• Shazam / Captain Marvel 
  Rights purchased. Character heading to the big screen.
• Sgt. Rock
  Development Hell. Good film for Bruce Wilis. 
• The Six Billion Dollar Man
  Going to be a friggin' comedy
• Spawn 2
  Looks dead. MacFarlane may not even have Spawn in his sequel.  
• Speed Racer
  Development Hell. Jet Li would be great to star.
• Spider-Man 3
  Nearly complete. Studio looking a two more after this one. 
• Spider Girl
  Nothing in development. 
• Star Trek - Series turned comic turned feature, etc.
  Paramount has hired JJ Abrams to write, produce and direct the 11th film in the franchise. The money for this project coming from the John Carter of Mars project which was ramping up at the studio. This will be an academy pre-original Trek film..
• Storm
  The X-Men's Storm will get the solo treatment according to Avi Arad of Marvel Comics. May not star Halle Berry.
• Sub-Mariner to be titled "NAMOR"
  Scripting Phase as of 2006: 'The Road to Perdition' scribe David Self attempting to bring the character to life. In Development at Universal Pictures. Production is fast tracking. The Rock is reported to be the front runner at this time. Targeted for a 2005 release. The script is nearly complete.
• Supergirl
  Warner Bros. is planning to revisit 'Supergirl' to the big screen. They will be placing 'Akiva Goldsman' at the helm. Akiva also helmed Batman & Robin as well as Batman Forever for Warner.
• Superman 5
  Post-Production
• Swamp Thing
  Joel Silver Pictures is working on a Swamp Thing Project. Swamp Thing co-creator Len Wein has signed on to write a script. Wein's take on the material will be faithful to the characters dark horror roots. (comics2film)
• Teen Titans (lead by Robin)
  Nothing in development.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Planned return to television and the big screen. Projects in early development. Animated first then a new live action film. 
• Turok: Son of Stone
  In development by Adam Beach and Hayden Christiansen (Star Wars) as a live action feature film. Not word as of May 2006.
• THOR
  Once being developed by UPN as a weekly series or TV movie. Project is dead. There is now talk by Marvel's Avi Arad of a feature film project possibility. I don't think to many people are interested in even seeing this one on television or the big screen.
• Vampirella
  Nothing in work.
• Venom
  Not being considered for a solo film. Could show up in a Spiderman film if the two sequels happen. 
• Watchmen
  Lots of talk. Could be in development hell.
• Werewolf by Night
  In Development at Dimension Films.
• West Coast Avengers
  Nothing in development 
• Wetworks 
  Lots of talk, Nothing else happening, just talk. 
• Wildcats
  Still lots of talk about this franchise, but nothing getting done on paper. 
• Witchblade
  Series canceled. Nothing in development for a feature film. Series star in second drug rehab assignment in Florida.
• Wolverine (solo movie)
  Marvel has announced a solo film is in the works for this hero. Likely after X-Men 3. Still Scheduled. Going to be a prequel film. 
• Wonder Woman
  Development Hell: Still searching for lead and a decent script. 
• X-Factor
  Nothing in development
• X-Force
  Nothing in development
• X-Men 3
  Production Complete. 
• Yellowjacket & Wasp
  Nothing in development. Great property. 
• Youngblood
  Nothing in development

SERIES MOST WANTED ON DVD:

Space Rangers 
Space: Above & Beyond
Logan's Run 
Automan 
Greatest American Hero
Land of the Giants 
Time Tunnel 
Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea 
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 
Beauty & the Beast 
Viper 
Seven Days 
The Lone Gunmen 
The Night Stalker 
The Flash 
M.A.N.T.I.S. 
Miami Vice  (coming in 2005)

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